ng0 transcribed 1.6K bytes: > Maxim Cournoyer transcribed 1.3K bytes: > > Hello ng0, > > > > On April 19, 2017 5:14:13 PM PDT, ng0 <contact....@cryptolab.net> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I already contacted the hoster support, but maybe someone has an idea. > > > > > >Upon initing GuixSD from a minimal Debian base, I get stuck at this > > >point > > >about GRUB. The server is aparently a qemu -> kvm one. > > > > > >guix system: warning: while talking to shepherd: No such file or > > >directory > > >Installing for i386-pc platform. > > >grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. > > >grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > > >installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > > >UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > > >grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists. > > >guix system: error: failed to install GRUB on device '/dev/vda' > > > > What kind of device is /dev/vda? > > If I knew, I would've succeeded. I asked if there were any special > requirements to the server ;)
And now I know: "If you chose an autoinstall then there is no GRUB being used, the bootloader uses a kernel residing on the host." But I have options to proceed. > There was just /dev/vda, no partitionsm, in a ready to be used system. > > Of course in grub-configuration I wrote "/dev/vda" and in the file-systems > the same. > > > It looks like grub is trying to install itself on an ext2 partition rather > > than on the device itself (for old school dos partitions that would be in > > the MBR), and apparently this is not supported. I think I had a similar > > problem when installing on my personal computer with ext4; I think it was > > because I had specified a numbered partition rather than the device itself > > (/dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda for example). > > > > Maxim > Thanks! -- PGP and more: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/
